Undergraduate study 2013 prospectus

General information

Information Technology Management for Business (ITMB) is a degree course designed in partnership with leading employers to prepare students for a successful career in IT. 

Employers are increasingly looking for graduates with more than just computing skills. Rather than focus purely on technical areas the degree covers the best mix of skills and knowledge for students who want exciting and challenging management or senior professional careers designing, developing and implementing technology solutions for businesses.

This course provides an excellent preparation for a challenging and rewarding career, offering a high level of knowledge and practical skills in both IT and management. It gives an unrivalled platform on which to build a career in the knowledge economy. 

This course is a variation of the Department’s well established Computing and Management course and has been created to meet the specification prescribed by e-Skills UK.

The ITMB course is the only honours degree endorsed by e-Skills UK – the organisation which officially represents the IT industry to government in the UK. 

The course is supported by a partnership of leading industry employers including BA, the BBC, BT, The Cabinet Office, Cisco, Deloitte, Ford, Fujitsu, HP, IBM, ITV, LogicaCMG, The Met Ofice, Morgan Stanley, Norwich Union, Royal Bank of Scotland, Sainsbury’s, Symantec and Unilever.

The ITMB course was designed to offer an insight into the real world of IT and allows you to:

• Learn the people and project management skills required to be a successful IT professional in any sector
• Evaluate and understand technology and its role within business
• Gain practical experience working on authentic business challenges
• Establish an unrivalled platform for launching your career

Course structure

Year 1

Compulsory computing core modules:

• Essential Skills for Computing
• Programming for the WWW
• Computer Systems
• Server Side Programming
• Databases

Modules taught by the Business School:

• Organisational Behaviour
• Financial Reporting
• Quantitative Methods for Business
• Management of Human Resources
• Accounting for Managers
• Statistics and Modelling for Management

Year 2

Compulsory computing core modules:

• Operating Systems, Networks and the Internet 1
• Systems Design and HCI
• Team Projects
• Requirements Analysis
• Legal and Professional Issues in Computing
• Industrial Expertise

Modules taught by the Business School:

• Principles of Marketing
• Operations Management
• Company Finance
• The Marketing Mix
• Management Science Methods

Optional Professional Placement Year

Year 3

Compulsory modules:

• Software Project Management
• Strategic Management
• e-Business Planning and Marketing
• ITMB Project
• Leadership and Interpersonal Skills

Optional modules:

• 2D Computer Graphics
• Knowledge-based Decision Support
• Information and Knowledge Management in the NHS
• Social Informatics
• Operations Management
• Data Mining
• e-Commerce Security
• Business Forecasting
• Entrepreneurship and Innovation
• Operating Systems, Networks and the Internet 2
• Marketing Communications
• Entrepreneurship and Small Business Planning
• The Changing Work Organisation
• Advanced Human Computer Interaction
• International Human Resource Management
• Marketing Strategy and Planning
• Management Information Systems
• Information Retrieval
• International Computing
• Risk Management
• International Financial Management
• Strategic Information Management
• Analysing Careers
• Lean Operations

Year 4 MSci

• Group Project
• Thesis Project
• Innovation and Entrepreneurship for Engineers
• Teamwork and Leadership
• Managing a Project Team

Study options and entry requirements

Here you will find information about the various study options available for this course and the entry requirements for each option.

SQA = Scottish Qualifications Authority IB = International Baccalaureate